NEW HAVEN, Conn – If we know one thing from living in New Haven, it's that our pizza is the best.

We will argue to the end of days (or pizza) whether the true king of the pie is one of the big three ─ Pepe's, Sally's or Modern ─ but when someone tries to tell us that New York, Chicago or another city has the best 'za, we get defensive.

And that's exactly what happened this week ─ times 1,000 ─ because a U.S. senator, a U.S. representative and even state Comptroller Kevin Lembo weighed in.

It all started when Sen. Chris Murphy wished the Elm City a happy 380th birthday on Tuesday, April 24, including in his tweet, "the best pizza in America."

Lovett then referred to the comptroller as the "STATE NERD" and said he was digging in.

It got good.

Lovett used a map of New York to respond to DeLauro. The longtime representative used a GIF to punch back, but the clever host and liberal voice always had a response, even taking a jab at former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and Wesleyan University in Middletown.

One final pizza emoji marked the end of the cyberspace scuffle.

It's all fun and games until someone insults your pizza.

Click through the slideshow above to see the entire Twitter event take place.

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